Table 2.
Risk of suicide by socioeconomic indicators stratified by age and sex
| IRRa (95% CI) | Sex stratified IRRb (95% CI) | Age stratified IRRc (95% CI) | p value for interaction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | 10–25 | 26–40 | 41–55 | 56+ | Sex | Age | ||
| Community measures | |||||||||
| Deprivationd | |||||||||
| 0–4.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
| 4.5–5.2% | 0.96 (0.55, 1.66) | 0.94 (0.51, 1.72) | 1.15 (0.29, 4.58) | 0.52 (0.12, 2.18) | 1.75 (0.65, 4.75) | 1.29 (0.49, 3.40) | 0.28 (0.06, 1.35) | ||
| 5.3–7.3% | 1.06 (0.60, 1.85) | 0.95 (0.50, 1.78) | 1.61 (0.44, 5.87) | 1.15 (0.34, 3.86) | 1.24 (0.41, 3.75) | 0.86 (0.28, 2.61) | 1.04 (0.35, 3.05) | ||
| 7.4–9.4% | 0.72 (0.39, 1.31) | 0.68 (0.35, 1.33) | 0.91 (0.22, 3.80) | 0.89 (0.26, 3.09) | 0.80 (0.25, 2.64) | 0.91 (0.32, 2.61) | 0.29 (0.06, 1.41) | ||
| 9.5–28.2% | 1.23 (0.73, 2.09) | 1.18 (0.66, 2.12) | 1.51 (0.42, 5.49) | 1.83 (0.63, 5.36) | 1.29 (0.44, 3.77) | 1.04 (0.37, 2.92) | 0.90 (0.30, 2.73) | ||
| Household measures | |||||||||
| Asset score | |||||||||
| High | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.84 |
| Middle | 1.54 (1.07, 2.23) | 1.65 (1.10, 2.47) | 1.18 (0.49, 2.82) | 1.14 (0.51, 2.56) | 3.03 (1.57, 5.82) | 0.92 (0.44, 1.93) | 1.53 (0.66, 3.54) | ||
| Low | 1.74 (0.92, 3.28) | 1.20 (0.52, 2.79) | 3.69 (1.32, 10.32) | 2.36 (0.79, 7.01) | 0.85 (0.11, 6.4) | 1.71 (0.59, 4.92) | 1.58 (0.35, 7.08) | ||
| Non-graduate foreign employed | 1.28 (0.76, 2.17) | 1.24 (0.68, 2.27) | 1.45 (0.50, 4.21) | 0.97 (0.29, 3.20) | 1.03 (0.36, 2.91) | 1.88 (0.79, 4.5) | 1.33 (0.40, 4.46) | 0.81 | 0.61 |
| Young female headed household (≤ 40 years) | 0.68 (0.10, 4.90) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Individual measures | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| University/A-level | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.54 | 0.84 |
| O-level | 2.12 (1.10, 4.09) | 2.71 (1.17, 6.26) | 1.36 (0.45, 4.07) | 1.69 (0.58, 4.89) | 2.85 (0.87, 9.38) | 4.26 (0.57, 31.88) | 1.03 (0.23, 4.63) | ||
| Primary | 3.39 (1.63, 7.07) | 4.24 (1.72, 10.48) | 2.37 (0.56, 10.01) | 3.61 (0.81, 16.19) | 4.15 (0.93, 18.56) | 8.87 (1.18, 66.42) | 0.94 (0.20, 4.42) | ||
| Not attended | 3.16 (1.06, 9.45) | 3.52 (0.87, 14.27) | 3.53 (0.55, 22.71) | – | 11.60 (1.94, 69.51) | 3.67 (0.23, 58.72) | 1.36 (0.19, 9.95) | ||
| Individual occupation | |||||||||
| Government worker/graduate foreign employed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Farmer | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Security forces | 0.53 (0.23, 1.22) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Businessmen | 1.04 (0.41, 2.62) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Self-employed | 0.55 (0.26, 1.18) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Non-graduate foreign employed | 0.26 (0.04, 1.93) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Salaried employee | 0.86 (0.45, 1.63) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Daily wage labourer | 1.24 (0.70, 2.19) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Unemployed/retired | 0.59 (0.30, 1.17) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| House-worker/other | 0.65 (0.29, 1.42) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Student | 0.37 (0.16, 0.86) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
aAdjusted for age, sex and intervention arm
bAdjusted for age group and intervention arm
cAdjusted for sex and intervention arm
d% of households with a low asset score categorised into quintiles